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I have articles in my possession written by Jews in England long before 1884, speaking of establishing their homeland in the Abrahamic/Davidic land. They were compiled among writings of Premillennial Christian prophetic writers who were publiching journals of their conferences from 1884 to 1915. They speak of Jewish settlements as far east as Shanghai, China being in existance in that day. MOST interesting.

The Niagara Prophecy Conferences held in Niagara, NY in the 1870's had a similar theme. And of course anti-Zionists love to cite John Nelson Darby and the Plymouth Brethren as the "inventors" of chr*stian Zionism, but as I said, even Increase Mather back in the seventeenth century had written a book entitled The Mystery of Israel's Salvation that insisted that Israel's rejection of J*sus did not end G-d's covenent with them. Unfortunately his son Cotton, who was raised with this belief, later rejected it.

"The Niagara Prophecy Conferences held in Niagara, NY in the 1870's had a similar theme. And of course anti-Zionists love to cite John Nelson Darby and the Plymouth Brethren as the "inventors" of chr*stian Zionism, but as I said, even Increase Mather back in the seventeenth century had written a book entitled The Mystery of Israel's Salvation that insisted that Israel's rejection of J*sus did not end G-d's covenent with them. Unfortunately his son Cotton, who was raised with this belief, later rejected it."

Wow, I'd love to have a copy of Increase Mather's book. Evidently there are many who post on these pages who have gotten this part of history so wrong by ignoring the information available in the preaching and teaching of the 17th and 18th century churchmen. There is a wealth of historical data in the transcribed sermons of those days that indicate the mindset of the colonial people and what they intended to make of the American Continent and then the new United States by the preaching of the Gospel. Many willfully choose to ignore the true place of Bible Christianity upon our founders, and that is why we are floundering around this thing today. So many, even on these so-called "conservative" pages who, I believe, out of a selfish and hedonistic use of their liberties, want this and future generations to believe that Bible Christianity had only a marginal influence on our original leaders and Constitution framers.

Yes, and we are aware that an understanding of the Zion of God, as far as Israel's kingdom future in that land promised to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, etc., was in the hearts of many who had a literalist frame of mind in their Scripture reading. A literalist approach is what we take. Israel, as a redeemed and restored people belong in that land -- and their promised territory is much, much more expansive than that little vulnerable little strip they inhabit at present!